
Episode 2 Preview
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With the dominant males gone, intruder lions close in on the Xudum pride’s young cubs.
With the dominant males gone, trouble looms as intruder lions close in on the Xudum pride’s young cubs. Leopard Lediba searches for her missing cub after a tense encounter, while Pobe the cheetah must defend her family’s food from bigger cats.
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Episode 2 Preview
Preview: Season 2 Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
With the dominant males gone, trouble looms as intruder lions close in on the Xudum pride’s young cubs. Leopard Lediba searches for her missing cub after a tense encounter, while Pobe the cheetah must defend her family’s food from bigger cats.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(intense music) - [Narrator] This is wild.
- My hands are shaking.
Everything is shaking.
(lion roaring) - [Narrator] Oh, big male.
These boys mean business.
(lion roaring) - This is really, really dangerous.
- They're coming in.
They coming in!
(lion growling) - [Narrator] Whoa!
She's calling, searching.
(cheetah honking) - She's desperate.
It's looking more and more likely that we've lost a cub.
(intense music continues)
Cheetah Mom Defends Her Cubs from a Leopard
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Clip: S2 Ep2 | 3m 12s | Pobe and cubs face a threat in the night – a leopard wants their meal. (3m 12s)
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Clip: S2 Ep2 | 3m 10s | As prey scatter, Pobe charges out of the dust to bring down a meal for herself and her two cubs. (3m 10s)
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